South Slope Developer Busted With a Ho(e)
The rogues gallery continues to grow over in the South Slope. The Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights caught another developer breaking the rules yesterday, this time at 570 4th Avenue. The violation? Use of a backhoe without a permit for mechanical demolition. The sleuths at CCGH are having a hard time figuring out who exactly…
The rogues gallery continues to grow over in the South Slope. The Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights caught another developer breaking the rules yesterday, this time at 570 4th Avenue. The violation? Use of a backhoe without a permit for mechanical demolition. The sleuths at CCGH are having a hard time figuring out who exactly the developer is but they were on the phones to 311 en masse reporting the activity. Lots of photos of the demo on the link below.
Photo Gallery: 570 4th Avenue [CCGH] GMAP P*Shark
Once again, NOT THE LAW, just a CODE.
CODE and LAW are two different nouns and have two different meanings, otherwise the NYC Building Code, would be known as Building Law Book. Oops thats the other municipality
“The people breaking these CODES are not breaking the law. They are hard working blue collarded folk, unlike your white collar persona.”
What a ridiculous assertion. Building and construction codes are the law. That’s why we have a whole department purportedly dedicated to enforcing them. The people doing the actual (illegal, unpermitted, and perhaps unsafe) work may be blue collar, but the people making the money by shortcutting the proper legal procedures are, I assure you, most definitely not blue collar at all. In case you haven’t been paying attention, the recent building boom and the attendant lax or non-existent compliance with or enforcement of constrution codes has served to injure and kill blue collar construction workers at an increasing rate.
Gotta love folks who see more danger in people looking out for their neighborhoods and worker and public safety than in people who knowingly violate the law and show little or no regard for the people they employ or the people in the surrounding community.
I never understand the “get a life” remark made by people to down grade other people’s beliefs, concerns, passions, hobbies, vocations, interests…It serves no purpose. It is usually followed by some hostile comment about “being bitter” and then “supported” by some comment referring to ALL the other things in the world they should be doing INSTEAD of the activity the other person judges to be of no value. Its a lazy argument and just plain uncivilized.
What’s bugging you, Crawford? What nerve has CCGH struck?
Unfair prosecution/persecution of real estate developers and or demolition contractors?
Citizen activists?
Electronic surveillance?
Amateur video?
Who exactly are the “others” you mention in your post that are “miserable” because of being filmed?
Finally, what is happening at Key Foods, and Gorilla Coffee that warrants investigation? Are you implying that illegal and or unsafe activities are happening in those business establishments with your knowledge? The burden must be overwhelming.
Hey dorkis lostinbrooklyn, the DOB regulates and creates CODES, not LAWS.
The people breaking these CODES are not breaking the law. They are hard working blue collarded folk, unlike your white collar persona.
The world you’d like for us to live in is a world policed for every fucking thing.
You want to police a crime or at least report one, find something that is’t constructive. Development is constructive. And the hard working laymen are anything but criminal. Maybe some are misinformed by their bosses on the means and methods of construction, but don’t judge them for face value. I bet you judge a book by its cover also, you asshole
Poor (and apparently embarrassed) Anonymous, you proved my point with absolute gusto.
There were no stated allegations of dangerous work conditions. The allegation is simply that a bureaucratic step was not adequately addressed, a gotcha! tactic intended to punish the developer for daring to build housing without the express approval of the self-appointed “Concerned Citizens.”
The videotaping brigade is a pathetic embarrassment to the community. Here’s betting they are largely bitter about their lives and gain pleasure in making others miserable.
I hope you take that same camera and alleged concern for “safety” into Key Food, Gorilla Coffee and your neighbors and friends apartments. I’m sure your militant stance on safety extends to workplace OSHA requirements, the fire code and law enforcement. Otherwise you are a joke and a fraud.
Who are the shills posting here who think that a developer/construction co. breaking the law, engaging in illegal activities and endangering children, families and homes in the neighborhood is any less of a threat than drug dealers?
You’re probably one of the very real estate assholes who will be talking up the development by high-lighting what a great neighborhood it is, how residents self-police to keep the area safe, and how tight-knit the community is.
When something illegal is happening right outside your window, it doesn’t take a helluva lot of time to snap some photos with a digi camera. When it happens consistenly in a neighborhood without any credible action of resolution then it is time for people to be even more vigilant in taking a stand.
Crawford, you are an asshole.
“I got to agree with crawford about the urgency to bust a construction crew and their illegal demolition practices.”
Um, not getting this one Anon 1:03pm
Seems cut and dry: see a robbery or an assault, call 911 or the cops directly. If you were a witness, go down to the Pct. and make a staement, or heck, appear in court.
See dangerous and KNOWN illegal activity, call 311 or the DOB. Since they won’t call you to be a witness, take photos, video, etc. as proof of what happened since DOB (unlike the cops, though I’m sure that’s up for another debate) rarely show up the same day, or same week for that matter.
So, Anon 1:03pm, what am I missing? What are you suggesting we do instead?
I got to agree with crawford about the urgency to bust a construction crew and their illegal demolition practices.
Here’s a thought, y not try busting drug dealing, or larceny, esp with that aluminum bat you guys are carrying.
Get a life for you folk is an understatement.
I can’t wait till the AY project intiates just to see how many of you will be perched up high on neighboring rooftops capturing kodak moments
hey houseowax, howabout world peace too. And maybe we could also get everyone to stop swearing at hoem, as well as in public. I guess you’re not from a blue collar background, or you wouldn’e be calling these working men ‘animals’.